新g issue 74 求拍~

ykhjy

74) Knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

As a famous Italian historian said, "since the human nature does not change, then history which records the past of human behaviors, can help people to forecast the future and contrast the present." Admittedly, to some degree, it exaggerated the positive effect of knowing about the past since the situations today are more complex. However, it cannot be denied that knowing about the past can be beneficial for our understanding of something which may be important for our making decisions.

As the development of times, situations are naturally more and more complex, and it seems that knowing about the past has no effect to help people to make important decisions. In political field, by knowing about the past political system of a nation, it seems hard to make a decision what the political system would be the most suitable for a nation now since situations about the amount of population, people's requirement and so on are very different from the past. In economic field, by knowing about the past economic situations such as the old economic policies, it seemed hard for China to make an important decision whether join in the WTO at that time. In cultural field, by knowing about the past cultures, it seems unuseful for us to decide how to slove the cultural conflicts.

However, it is undoubtful that knowing about the past would help people to understand something, and it may be beneficial for people to make important decisions. As the examples above, in political field, although the condition of China in the middle of 20 centry concerning the population, the economic situation and so on were so different from Qing dynasty, by knowing about the extinction of Qing dynasty and the failure of domination of Zhong Hua Min Guo, at that time, China made an important decision to build a new China carrying out the political system of dominated by people since knowing that it was not suitable to carry out the political system of dynasty or capitalism. In economic field, by knowing the past economic situations, it seems the trend of globalization progress is inevitable, thus although China had never experienced such a complex economic situation which required skills to deal with relationships between countries to make more profits, China made an important decision to join in the WTO which is beneficial for Chinese economy in the long run. In cultural field, although it seems unuseful to decide how to slove the cultural conflicts by knowing about the past cultures, from another aspect, we can know the original reason of differences between cultures, thus it helps us to accept the different cultures more easily, and the cultural conflicts would be more easily to be impeded as our respecting for every culture.

In addition, knowing about the past can be beneficial for people to inspect some social or moral problem more adequately. For instance, by knowing about the past concerning that filial piety is the first, we condemn a man who is able to take care of his old mother however he abandoned his mother, leaving her alone to begging for herself. Otherwise, if we don't know about the past, we cannot even find any basis to judge what is right and what is wrong, thus we may inspect a matter only through feeling which may cause numerous social problems.

In conclusion, based on the past, we can get a lot information to understand something useful, thus it seems assertive to say that knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today.        

普渡哥

As a famous Italian historian said, "since the human nature does not change, then history which records the past of human behaviors, can help people to forecast the future and contrast the present." Admittedly, to some degree, it exaggerated the positive effect of knowing about the past since the situations today are more complex. However, it cannot be denied that knowing about the past can be beneficial for our understanding of something which may be important for our making decisions.

第一段写的特别好，i like it

普渡哥

这篇写得很好，很有条理，有重点，逻辑很清楚。well done!

lukebrehm

without  the definite article	with the definite article
general words (indefinite)	general words (definite)
Life is too short.      I like flowers.	I've read a book on the life of Bill Clinton.      I like the flowers in your garden.
names of persons on the singular, relatives	family names in the plural
Peter and John live in London.      Aunt Mary lives in Los Angeles.	The Smiths live in Chicago.
public buildings, institutions, means of transport (indefinite)	public buildings, institutions, means of transport (definite)
Mandy doesn't like school.      We go to school by bus.      Some people go to church on Sundays.	The school that Mandy goes to is old.      The bus to Dresden leaves at 7.40.      The round church in Klingenthal is famous.
names of countries in the singular; summits of mountains; continents; towns	names of countries in the plural; mountain ranges; regions
Germany, France;       Mount Whitney, Mount McKinley;       Africa, Europe;      Cairo, New York	the United States of America, the Netherlands; the Highlands, the Rocky Mountains, the Alps; the Middle East, the west of Australia
single islands	groups of islands
Corfu, Bermuda, Sicily	the Bahamas, the British Isles, the Canaries
parks; lakes; streets	name with of-phrase; oceans; seas; rivers
Central Park, Hyde Park;         Lake Michigan, Loch Ness;        42nd Street, Oxford Street	the Statue of Liberty, the Tower (of London), the Isle of Wight;      the Atlantic (Ocean);      the Mediterranean (Sea);      the Nile, the Rhine, the Suez Canal
months, days of the week (indefinite)	months, days of the week (definite)
The weekend is over on Monday morning.      July and August are the most popular months for holidays.	I always remember the Monday when I had an accident.      The August of 2001 was hot and dry.

lukebrehm

I think you really need to pay attention to this. It may be kind of hard to understand but if you get this right than it will solve a lot of problems in your essays.

加油！

ykhjy

Thank you very much